Watch as bizarre HAIRY Russian ‘turtle tank’ is seen in Ukraine as Putin’s troops go to new extremes to fend off drones

VLADIMIR Putin's forces person unveiled its barmiest "turtle tanker" yet arsenic Russia scrambles to support its dwindling armour from Ukraine's deadly drones.

Footage from Russian authorities TV showed a Soviet-era BMP-1 coated successful metallic sheets and bizarre hair-like bristles arsenic it ploughed done the battlefield.

The spiked, "hairy" conveyance was spotted adjacent Chasiv Yar successful the Donetsk region, wherever Moscow’s troops person been steadily advancing.

The weird modifications are portion of Moscow's hopeless effort to shield armoured vehicles from first-person-view (FPV) drones, which person go a battlefield menace.

The “hairy” BMP appears to beryllium an improvement of Russia’s crude “cope cages,” the improvised metallic shields archetypal seen connected tanks astatine the commencement of the war.

But alternatively of conscionable level plates, the BMP’s unfastened backmost is covered by hanging curly sheaves of steel, portion heavy broom-like bristles jut retired from its sides.

Oleksandr Danylyuk, a subject and defence expert astatine RUSI, told The Telegraph helium had not seen specified defences utilized earlier successful this war.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian weapons adept Valerii Riabykh suggested the bristles mightiness beryllium designed to “prematurely initiate the fuses connected FPV warheads” earlier they onslaught the conveyance directly.

The determination comes arsenic Russia and Ukraine prosecute successful an escalating crippled of drone warfare, with some sides rapidly adapting to antagonistic each other’s tactics.

FPV drones person proved devastating, particularly against older armoured vehicles, arsenic they tin deed wherever defences are weakest—on top.

Initially, physics warfare (EW) systems proved effectual astatine jamming remote-controlled drones, with subject officials estimating that 75 per cent of drones were being knocked out, The Telegraph reports.

But the instauration of “unjammable” fibre optic-controlled FPV drones has forced Moscow to get originative with its defences.

VLAD'S DESPERATE TANK DESIGNS

This is acold from the archetypal clip Putin's forces person resorted to makeshift solutions.

 Last year, Russian troops were spotted rolling into conflict with bizarre “turtle tanks”.

The Soviet-era T-80s were covered successful alloy sheds and concatenation fringes successful a bid to past drone and rocket attacks.

The hulking vehicles, which debuted successful Donetsk Oblast, became a awesome of Russia's reliance connected ageing Cold War-era equipment.

While the heavy metallic plates provided immoderate protection, they besides severely constricted visibility for the crew, leaving them susceptible to Ukrainian strikes.

One peculiarly humiliating infinitesimal came successful August erstwhile Ukraine’s 92nd Assault Brigade annihilated respective of these “turtle tanks” successful Kharkiv Oblast, mounting them ablaze successful a bid of pinpoint strikes.

Footage showed Russian soldiers scrambling from the burning wrecks arsenic Ukrainian drones picked them disconnected 1 by one.

The slapdash armour upgrades bespeak Moscow’s increasing desperation arsenic its once-vaunted vessel fleet has been decimated.

Before the grim two-year day of the war, Russian commanders were reportedly forced to excavation into immense Cold War stockpiles to support their forces successful the fight.

The dire authorities of Russia’s arsenal was laid bare past May erstwhile Putin was forced to cancel oregon drastically standard backmost the yearly Victory Day parades — typically a expansive showcase of Russian subject might—due to a deficiency of heavy-duty subject equipment.